Shingle



J. V. COOK- SHINGLE 4 Dec. 28 1926.

Filed April 15, 192 s Patented Dec. 28 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES V. COOK. OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SHINGLE.

Application filed April 13, 1925. Serial No; 22,753.

This invention relates to shingles.

In shingles as heretofore constructed particularly the composition shingles, difiiculty has been experienced due. to the curling up 6 of the edges of the shingle either from warping or from the effect of wind. When it is considered that it is necessary to tack the shingles in place at a point spaced from the free edges thereof, it is readily apparent that difficulty will occur in the use of this type of shingle.

This inventionis designed to overcome the above noted defects, and objects of this invention are to provide a shin le which is so formed that its ,exposed e ge will not loosen or curl up or be blown up by the wind, but which will at all times remain in a flat condition, and in which no additional nails are employed and no exposed nails appear.

Further objects are to provide a shingle which is of simple, construction, and which may be readily and cheaply produced, and which may be quickly and easily applied.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a fragmentary view showing a number of shingles in position.

F i 'ure 2 is aperspective view of one of .the s iingles.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the shingles comprise an upper body portion 1 which is substantially rectangular, anda lower exposed portion 2. The lower portion is joined to the upper portion by means of a narow tongue like member 3 which is provided with diverging sides 4.

The lower portion 2 is further provided with upwardly rojecting ears 5 on its inner side, such ears ing s aced from the connecting tongue 3. Preferably a. pair of apertures 6 are provided for the nails and these apertures are located in the corners of the portion 1 preferably in the lowerrcorners, as illustrated.

Referrin 'to Figure 1, it will be seen that a row of s ingles are tacked down and the next row is positioned by first slippin" the ears 5 beneath the slantin edges 4 o the previously secured row. Thereafter, nails 6' are passed through the apertures 6 and extend through the body portions 1 of the lowershingles. Thus the lowest portion, or exposed portion 2 of the shingles is retained by the interengagement of the ears 5 with the previously laid row of shingles. It is to slip the ears 5 into to be noted thatthe nails in thepreviously laid row are fully and adequately covered by the succeeding row of shingles. Further,

it is to be noted that the meeting edges ofmo the body portions 1 are covered by the superimposed shingles.

' It is to be noted further that these shingles may be very rapidly. laid and do not r uire any extensive operations in positioning t em. It is merely necessary, as previously stated, place and, thereafter,

tack the shingle down.

It is to be particularly noted from reference to Figure 1 that the butt joints of one row of shingles are wholly covered by the tongue 3 and the tab 2 of the superimposed shingles. Notonl this, but also the tab 2 extends downwar ly below the butt joint, as clearly shown in Figure 1. It is held down ,by the underlapping of the tongues 5 beneath the tapered edges 4 of the lower shingles. This, therefore, attains the result that the butt jolnt is wholly covered not only on its upper side, but at its extreme end also, by the projecting tongue 2. 1 In this way no slots are presented to'theflweathe'r so that, although a driving rain may impinge upon the shingles, it cannot be. driven upwardly between thebutt joints of the body portions of the shingles, as their extreme edges even are not exposed.

' "It has been found that these shingles will not curl or turn up at their free edges even when subject 'to high wind pressures. Further, these shingles may be cheaply manufactured and easily placed without requiring the services of a skilled operator.

' Although the invention has been'described in considerable detail, it is to be understood that the invention may be variousl 'em-. bodied and is, therefore, to be limite only as claimed.

It is to be further noted that there are no exposed corners so that no curling of the mo corners can occur as the corners are, positioned beneath the adjacent row.

-I claim:

A roofing comprising a plurality'of shin; gles, each shingle having a body orti0n,-a lower tab, a tongue'joinin such owe'r tab witlrthe body portion and aving a strai ht portion and a. beveled portion, the beve ed portions of each tongue forming obtuse angles with the lower edge of the rectangular body portion, said tab extendi'n out-- wardly from the points of union wit the tongue and thereafter extending upwardly completely hidden from View, said tabs hav- 1 to form upwardly and outwardly projecting ing their ears underlapped below the tapered I ears with the edges of the ears forming portions of the tongues of the lower tier of obtuse angles with the upper edge of the tab, shingles.

5 the shin les of one tier being arranged with In lZQStl-IIIOIIY that I claim the foregoing their bo portions forming butt joints, and I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee 15 the shingles of the superimposed tier extendin the county of Milwaukee and. State 0 ing completely over and beyond the edge of Wisconsin. the butt joint, whereby the butt joints are JAMES V. COOK. 

